Well, we have all made it safely back to Fort St John. It did take us longer to get back than we had planned due to a blizzard, but it all worked out all right in the end.
Madalyn and Scout and I arrived in Grande Prairie on Tuesday afternoon and the pilot had mentioned, prior to landing, that it was -6 with a bit of snow. When we actually stepped out of the plane the snow was blowing and it seemed a lot colder than -6.
We met Chris inside the terminal where he told us a storm was coming so we had better head on the road for the two hour drive to FSJ. Originally we had planned to spend the afternoon in GP and get some shopping done, but we had to abandon that in hopes of beating the weather. We made it just past the half way point when we decided to give up because of white out conditions. For those of you who read the blog and do not live in snowy parts of the world, white out conditions are caused by blowing snow, where you can't see anything but white, so you suddenly lose any point of reference and have no idea what direction you're driving in or if you are still on the road. Very Scary!
So, we spent the night at the Super 8 in Dawson Creek. Madalyn seemed to take her first hotel stay in stride. She was just happy after a day of travelling to be able to stretch out and do some wiggling! She spent the night sharing a queen-sized bed with Scout! Here's a picture of her during her first hotel experience.
3 comments:
Happy to hear that you are safe and sound!
Your grandma was worried about you knowing you'd have to drive from GP and hearing about the awful storm you guys were getting. We were all glad to know you were safe and sound!
scary! but, i love the happy ending.
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